Butterfly Flipbook Machine

Sale price$950.00

This hand-powered Flipbook Machine brings images to life through paper and mechanics.

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Thin elegant wings like rice paper give the Paper Kite its namesake. The friendly cousin of the Monarch, this graphic butterfly has wings with striking inky dots and swooping black lines.

Overview

Butterfly Flipbook Machine

This hand-powered Flipbook Machine brings images to life through paper and mechanics. Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space. Creatures flit and flicker by to awaken the poetry of movement and inspire through nature and invention.

Created by kinetic artist J. C. Fontanive in 2004 and handmade in his NYC studio. Each machine is hand-crafted from Stainless Steel and inlayed with individual archival inkjet prints on acid-free paper.

Paper Kite Butterfly. Released in 2021 by J. C. Fontanive. Hand-Crank. Open Edition.

Design

J. C. Fontanive

Brand

Flipbook Machine

Size

5.5 x 4.25 Inches

Material
  • Metal
  • Electronics
Origin

New York

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